On Our Way to CSW62

March 5, 2018

CATW is gearing up for the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62). From March 12-23, we will, as we do every year, attend, sponsor, co-sponsor and moderate a number of events discussing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.We’re very excited that this year we’re joining forces with the Organization for Secur... Read More...

The Rohingya are an ethnic group, the majority of whom are Muslim, who are fleeing persecution in Myanmar where they have been living for centuries. The plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is worsening. Facing insecurity, overcrowding and inadequate access to food, water and shelter, women and girls living in Bangladeshi refugee camps are par... Read More...

Standing with Survivors of Japan’s Wartime Sexual Slavery

November 27, 2017

“Comfort women” survivors continue their fight for recognition and an official, unequivocal apology from the Japanese government for the crimes committed against these women prior to and during World War II. We stand with them. The petition we launched in 2014 remains active, and will call for signatures until justice is served. Demonstrating that ... Read More...

It's Official — Amnesty International Creates the Human Right to Pimp and Purchase Sexual Acts

May 27, 2016

Nearly a year after Amnesty International's International Council released a proposal on prostitution, which it calls "sex work," the organization's International Board issued its global policy calling on governments to decriminalize pimping, brothel-owning and sex-buying. As of May 26, 2016, Amnesty has officially ado... Read More...

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This piece originally appeared in HuffPost. All of these Black women for sale. I thought about slavery in that porn shop. I thought about the stories my Grandmother told me about her mother’s life under slavery … seeing these Black women shackled, spread-eagle, or hog-tied made it seem as though this part of history — the history of my foremot... Read More...

This piece originally appeared on Truthdig in two parts. Part One. Part Two. Editor’s Note: This two-part series explores the situation of Syrian women refugees in Lebanon. Part I illuminates the political background that led to the refugee crisis and its particular consequences for women. Part II shows how refugees and the organizations that ... Read More...

On Oct. 17, The New York Times published “George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations.” The article neglected to highlight OSF’s position on full decriminalization of the sex trade. In response, our executive director wrote a letter to the editor that remains unpublished by the newspaper. The full text of the letter follows below.De... Read More...

CATW had a busy summer advocating for the rights of women and girls at the United Nations. With the third appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons occurring during the annual meeting of the General Assembly at UN Headquarters this month, we have been working intensely to ensure that women and girls are not forgotten a... Read More...

This piece originally appeared in HuffPost. Nomonde Mihlali (“Mickey”) Meji is a program associate for Survivor Initiatives at Embrace Dignity in Cape Town, South Africa. Embrace Dignity is dedicated to ending all forms of sexual abuse of women and girls through legal advocacy, public education and exit services for trafficked and prostituted women... Read More...

This piece originally appeared in The Huffington Post. I get angry about things, then go on and work. – Toni Morrison Gloria Steinem often reminds us that the strongest predictor of whether a country will be violent within its borders, or in its use of military force, is not poverty or access to natural resources, not religio... Read More...

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